A crude extract from immature green tea (Camellia sinensis) leaves promotes Toll-like receptor 7-mediated interferon-α production in human macrophage-like cells

Cytotechnology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-148

  Monobe, Manami ^a   Ogino, Akiko ^a   Ema, Kaori ^a   Tokuda, Yoshiko ^a   Maeda Yamamoto, Mari ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crude extract; Green tea; Interferon ; Toll like receptor 7

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTOCHALASIN B; CYTOKINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TEA; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 84859159922     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: 15730778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10616-011-9412-3     Document Type: Article

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